What Do You Need from a Mentor?

Post by Jane K. Stimmler , contributing Women On Business writer Everyone needs mentors to help them grow and excel – even after they reach upper management. Yet mentors often serve men better than women because many women regard their mentors as protective and supportive allies, while men use mentors more actively to gain visibility, promotions and choice assignments. We, as women, need to rethink our “passive” use of mentoring relationships and how we can derive more value from mentors in